JOB INTERESTI am looking for a senior leadership role in research and development. I am seeking a position with executive responsibility that directly impacts the business and its products.PERSONAL INTERESTSI enjoy leadership of research and development programs. I take pride in development of technology and like to see my products operated by customers. I also like the challenge of forming teams from professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds. OBJECTIVEI want to join the team managing the National Laboratories or Program Management in Industry. I bring 30+ years of engineering and research expertise and wish to join the executive leadership that will be organizing the national laboratories or a large development program. I have worked with Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia National Laboratory as an exchange engineer, and bring a unique understanding of federal government, research and development, weapons systems design, military and industrial processes.I currently manage a $300M High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility in Alaska. I am responsible for ensuring compliance with all state and federal statutes while transitioning to a new facility contractor performing operations and maintenance. I wrote the performance work statement and lead every aspect of the contract award process. I obtained all environmental permits and fuel storage approvals (compliance with clean air and all pollution safe guards). This required multiple interactions with state officials, EPA, Air Force legal staff, Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation, etc., and responding to multiple inquiries from the US Senate; I provided clear and concise responses addressing three US Senators concerns and briefed their staffs and the Office of Science and Technology Policy on the future of this ionospheric research program and its impact on national goals.

Principle Electronic Engineer

Start Date: 2004-02-01

I held positions in branch, division and directorate as supervisor, systems engineer and lead researcher supporting multiple programs within the Space Vehicles Directorate with an annual portfolio of over $300 million in investments. Direct control over the development of end-to-end approaches for space architecture, including policies, capabilities, tactics, techniques, and procedures, to assure space missions are effective in meeting critical national security needs. I led joint programs with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Intelligence Community (IC) with long term collaborations in science, technology and systems. Created joint funded programs with IC valued at $20 million while establishing senior executive working "summits" to formalize agreements between AFRL and other agencies. - Recruited personnel for undermanned areas (civilian & military & contractor) - Restructured several programs to redistribute the workload - focused on technology transfer to Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and space community - Developed Proximity Detectors (UV, IR, RF, and millimeter wave) for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) - Developed Defensive Space Control (DSC) and Offensive Counterspace (OCS) solutions for DoD - Led development of Space qualified hardware for low earth orbit experiments on TACSAT and JWSE - AFRL lead for National Space Security Space Office (NSSO) Protection for Space Mission Assurance Architecture Development Team Technology & Protection Panel